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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS

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General Certificate of Education Ordinary Level

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COMPUTER STUDIES 7010/01

Paper 1 May/June 2008
2 hours 30 minutes
Candidates answer on the Question Paper.
No Additional Materials are required.

READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST

Write your Centre number, candidate number and name on all the work you hand in.
Write in dark blue or black pen.
You may use a soft pencil for any diagrams, graphs or rough working.
Do not use staples, paper clips, highlighters, glue or correction fluid.
DO NOT WRITE IN ANY BARCODES.

Answer all questions.

No marks will be awarded for using brand names of software packages or hardware.

At the end of the examination, fasten all your work securely together.
The number of marks is given in brackets [ ] at the end of each question or part question.

For Examiner's Use

This document consists of 17 printed pages and 3 blank pages.

IB08 06_7010_01/RP
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1 Explain, using examples where appropriate, the meaning of these computer terms. For
Examiner's
Use
(a) batch processing

[2]

(b) interrupt

[2]

(c) top down design

[2]

(d) laptop computer

[2]

(e) trackerball

[2]

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2 List two tasks carried out by an operating system. For

Examiner's
Use
1

[2]

3 A company has decided to set up call centres in different countries. Regular training
sessions, using video conferencing, will be carried out.

(a) Give one advantage of having call centres in different countries.

[1]

(b) Give one disadvantage of having call centres in different countries.

[1]

(c) Give one advantage of using video conferencing to carry out the training.

[1]

(d) Give one disadvantage of using video conferencing to carry out the training.

[1]

(e) Describe another method of training staff using modern computer technology.

[1]

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4 Name two types of automatic data capture and give one application for each type named. For
Examiner's
Use
Type 1

Application 1

Type 2

Application 2

[4]

5 Computer systems can be affected by viruses.

(a) What is a virus?

[1]

(b) Give one effect of a virus.

[1]

(c) How can a system be protected from viruses?

[1]

(d) Why would backing up data not guard against the effect of a virus?

[1]

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6 Students’ records are kept on a stand-alone computer (no network connections) in the For
principal's office. Examiner's
Use

(a) It is sometimes necessary to alter students’ records. To do this efficiently, individual

records need to be retrieved quickly.

(i) What type of file access should be used?

[1]

(ii) What type of magnetic medium allows this type of access?

[1]

(b) Give two examples of when a student’s record would need to be altered.

Example 1

Example 2

[2]

(c) Students are concerned that their personal data could be misused. Name two methods
that could be used to ensure personal data is kept secure.

Method 1

Method 2

[2]

(d) Examination results are stored in students’ records as marks out of 100. Give two
different validation checks that could be performed on students’ marks.

Check 1

Check 2

[2]

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7 A floor turtle can use the following instructions: For

Examiner's
Use
Instruction Meaning

FORWARD n Move n mm forward

BACKWARD n Move n mm backward
LEFT d Turn left d degrees
RIGHT d Turn right d degrees
PENUP Lift the pen
PENDOWN Lower the pen
Repeat the following instructions
REPEAT n
n times
ENDREPEAT Finish the REPEAT loop

50 mm

70 mm
20 mm

20 mm

40 mm 20 mm
Start Finish

Complete the set of instructions to draw the above shape.

PENDOWN

LEFT 90

FORWARD

[4]

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8 A student decides to use an Internet search engine at home to help her work on her For
Geography project. She types in: Examiner's
Use

COUNTRIES EXPORTS 2007

and gets over 11 million results.

(a) She wanted to know which South American countries exported coffee in 2007. How
could her search be refined to reduce the number of results?

[1]

(b) Give one advantage of searching for information on the Internet rather than using
books.

[1]

(c) Many people have fears about searching for information on the Internet. Give two
reasons for these fears.

[2]

(d) The student wishes to use files stored on her home computer when she is back in class
using one of the school’s computers. How could she do this?

[1]

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9 The following flowchart inputs two numbers, carries out a calculation and then outputs the For
result. Examiner's
Use

START

INPUT u, v

Is u + v Yes OUTPUT
= 0? “Error”

No

f = (u * v)/(u + v)

OUTPUT f

(a) Complete the following table for the three sets of input data.

INPUT
OUTPUT
u v
5 5
6 -6
12 4
[3]

(b) The above algorithm has been placed in a library of routines. Give one advantage of
doing this.

[1]

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10 A computer system comes equipped with DVD writer/reader, hard disk drive and RAM. For
Examiner's
Use
(a) Give a different use for each of these forms of memory.

DVD

Hard Disk

RAM

[3]

(b) Give another example of a memory device and give one advantage of the named
device.

Example

Advantage

[2]

11 Write down four requirements of a Data Protection Act.

[4]

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12 Algorithms and programs use loops to control the number of times a particular procedure is For
used. Examiner's
Use

Two methods are repeat … until and for … to.

(a) Write a procedure using both these loop methods to input 20 numbers into a variable
called x.

(i) repeat … until

[2]

(ii) for … to

[2]

(b) Name another loop structure.

[1]

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13 A media retail company has decided to sell CDs and DVDs using an Internet only shop. For
Examiner's
Use
(a) Describe three features you might expect to see on the shop’s website.

[3]

(b) Give two advantages to customers of shopping using the Internet.

[2]

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14 (a) Computer systems are widely used now in simulations such as crash testing new cars. For
Give two advantages of using simulations rather than carrying out actual testing. Examiner's
Use

[2]

(b) Virtual reality is often used in simulations. Describe two man-machine interface
devices which allow communication with virtual reality systems.

[2]

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15 A systems analyst has designed a new computer system for a large company. For
Examiner's
Use
(a) Name two methods of implementing this new system and describe one advantage of
using each method. (Do not give the same advantage for Method 1 and Method 2.)

Method 1:

Advantage:

Method 2:

Advantage:

[4]

(b) Before the system is implemented, it needs to be fully tested. One of the tests will be to
check that the company does not pay a worker more than $800 per week.

Use examples of a worker’s pay to explain what is meant by normal test data,
abnormal test data and extreme test data.

Normal

Abnormal

Extreme

[3]

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16 The washroom in a hotel uses lights controlled by a computer system. If the washroom is For
unoccupied for 10 minutes, the lights go out automatically. As soon as someone enters, the Examiner's
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lights come on.

(a) How can the system determine if anyone is in the washroom?

[2]

(b) Write down a set of instructions which would enable the computer to decide when to
turn out the lights.

[3]

(c) Give one advantage of this automatic system.

[1]

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17 An expert system is to be written to identify chemical compounds. For

Examiner's
Use
(a) Describe how the expert system would be created.

[3]

(b) How would a user be confident that the output from this expert system was correct?

[1]

(c) Give one advantage of using an expert system to identify chemical compounds.

[1]

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18 An entertainment company keeps monthly records on a spreadsheet of all its organised For
rock music events. The information for May 2008 is shown below. Examiner's
Use

A B C D E F G
Total Cost of
No. of No. seats Seat price Profit or
1 Event money event
seats sold ($) Loss
taken ($) ($)
2 The Bugs 4000 1700 45 76500 85000 Loss
3 Static Rocks 3000 3000 50 150000 100000 Profit
4 The Cold Apes 4000 2150 35 75250 90000 Loss
5 Monophonics 5000 4000 35 140000 125000 Profit
6 Human Senses 4000 4000 60 240000 180000 Profit
7 Ice Patrol 3000 1500 50 75000 80000 Loss
8 The Manual 2000 1650 60 99000 115000 Loss
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(a) (i) What formula is in cell E2 to work out the total money taken for The Bugs event?

[1]

(ii) Complete the following statement for cell G4:

=IF (E4 > , “Profit”, ) [2]

(iii) Total cost of all events is to be shown in cell F9. What formula needs to be placed
in F9?

[1]

(b) If the value in C7 was changed to 2000, which cells would be automatically updated?

[2]

(c) Describe how to find the break even point for any given event (i.e. when cost of event =
total money taken).

[2]

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19 Customers can withdraw cash from an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM). For
Examiner's
Use
• withdrawal is refused if amount entered > current balance
• withdrawal is refused if amount entered > daily limit
• if current balance < $100, then a charge of 2% is made
• if current balance $100, no charge is made

Write an algorithm which inputs a request for a sum of money, decides if a withdrawal can
be made and calculates any charges. Appropriate output messages should be included.

[5]

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